I have a tax payment to make, only I cannot make this blasted payment; which can only be made via a home banking system now; because my home banking system is not working properly. This is because just about everyone is trying to make tax payments today, because of today's deadline. In case you … [Read more...]
The IRAP quandary
July 14, 2007 By 3 Comments
IRAP is a funny little Italian tax which is applied to businesses, except nobody in Italy seems to know which businesses should be liable for it. In October 2009, Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, announced that this tax is to be phased gradually out.This regional tax (IR = Imposta … [Read more...]
The Italian national sport
June 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Admit it, you thought the Italian national sport was football, didn't you? Well, you are wrong. The actual Italian national sport is tax evasion.Around 270 billion Euros never get declared. (Although, if this sum is not declared, how they can know it is 270 billion Euros is a bit of a … [Read more...]
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